Scientist wanting to move to Helsinki

fish_liberator · Post by **fish_liberator** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:16 pm

I met a rep from Orion Pharmaceuticals today.

She said all lab SOPs are written in English.

She also mentioned that she thinks Orion would welcome foreign influence, but may not be convinced enough that people would want to move to Finland. As such it's possible they may not advertise that widely. So definitely worth trying to chase them up.

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DaviThomas · Post by **DaviThomas** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:24 am

Hey Fish_lib..,

Well, I work with dyes / molecules which go into polymers. My field is process development and research. Are you based in Porvoo?

I'd certainly be interested if you can get me any extra information on the position or someone I can directly write to / send my CV.

Cheers!

fish_liberator · Post by **fish_liberator** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:40 pm

Well I live in Herttoniemi, but work in Porvoo.

http://hae.monster.fi/getjob.asp?JobID= ... obscomview

Dusan is fairly cool if you did fancy finding out more about the work.

Good Luck!

fish_liberator · Post by **fish_liberator** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:56 pm

Actually, I meant this one =>

http://hae.monster.fi/getjob.asp?JobID= ... obscomview

Which is more the process work.

Didn't realise we were after two people!

DaviThomas · Post by **DaviThomas** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:02 pm

Re:

"Well I live in Herttoniemi, but work in Porvoo.

http://hae.monster.fi/getjob.asp?JobID= ... obscomview

Dusan is fairly cool if you did fancy finding out more about the work.

Good Luck!"

Hi FishLiberator,

I've applied for the above position. Tell me, did they call you over from abroad for interview or just conduct a telephone interview?

Where are you from originally? What is the commute from Herttoniemi to Porvoo like? I'm wanting to live in Helsinki / Espoo ...

Well, I'm now well into the search and am sending some speculative letters and joining the "talent pools" on some companies. Lets see what happens ...

karen · Post by **karen** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:18 am

Good luck, DaviThomas!

I have some friends who lived in Huddersfield. Every time I hear that name, I think of Pottersfield from "It's a Wonderful Life." I'd want to move away, too.

Do you know them? C&S with baby J? He is British, she is Finnish.

sinikala · Post by **sinikala** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:07 pm

karen wrote:Good luck, DaviThomas!

I have some friends who lived in Huddersfield. Every time I hear that name, I think of Pottersfield from "It's a Wonderful Life." I'd want to move away, too.

Do you know them? C&S with baby J? He is British, she is Finnish.

comedy gold.

My brother lives in High Burton & his wife's from Brighouse maybe you know them too... ?

I came here for an EU funded chemistry post-doc.... though not orgasmic. If you can get straight into industry, I'd do it. If you can't a post-doc may give you the chance to get your feet under the table and make yourself a bit more saleable, make some contacts. Dont' worry about the UK split of Academic / industrial career, it's much less of an issue.

If you're from a polymers and pigments background, then Kemira's coatings division would be the obvious target for you.

http://www.kemira.com/Group/English/

If you want to work in Porvoo (why?) it's to the east of Hki... Espoo is to the West. You don't want to commute through Hki.

DaviThomas · Post by **DaviThomas** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:30 pm

Porvoo is only where Borealis chemicals is based.

I have no unnatural longings to live there!!!

Karen: As for your friends in hudd ... probably need a bit more info than C&S with baby .... lol

Sinikala: I think I may know your brother

Hudd ain't such a bad place, its just time for me to move on ...

Karhunkoski · Post by **Karhunkoski** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:43 pm

More importantly, is that Fish & Chips pub still going, the one on the north side of the M62, you turn of at junction (?) then hang a right, twist and turn up the hill and it's on the left?

Talking of fish and chips, has anyone tried to give it a go at home? Fishy? You must have tried?

DaviThomas · Post by **DaviThomas** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:47 pm

Karhunkoski wrote:More importantly, is that Fish & Chips pub still going, the one on the north side of the M62, you turn of at junction (?) then hang a right, twist and turn up the hill and it's on the left?

Yes it is!

How do you know the place? I live just down the road ... but am a veggie so wouldn't know what it was like.

sinikala · Post by **sinikala** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:45 pm

DaviThomas wrote:Porvoo is only where Borealis chemicals is based.

I have no unnatural longings to live there!!!

Karen: As for your friends in hudd ... probably need a bit more info than C&S with baby .... lol

Sinikala: I think I may know your brother

Hudd ain't such a bad place, its just time for me to move on ...

LMAO. I'm sure you'll know him. Actually, on the off chance that you've got a dodgy handshake then you might actually know him!

Town - The Shabab is amongst the best curries I've had. Slurp.

Karhunkoski wrote:Talking of fish and chips, has anyone tried to give it a go at home? Fishy? You must have tried?

Nope, I've been vegetarian for more than a decade. And much as I love chip shop chips, I know that trying to produce them without having access to a chip shop is a futile exercise. Home made chips are always crap.

karen · Post by **karen** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:15 pm

My friends don't live in Huddersfield any more. They live in Leppävaara.

DaviThomas · Post by **DaviThomas** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:32 pm

Well, with a little bit of patience I have found myself a good job in Espoo. I'll be a researcher with Silecs Oy.

Bascially, I hunted and hunted whilst living in England. I found www.mol.fi was the best and since I only speak basic finnish I used the keyword searche "english". Managed to get two interviews this way with the latter landing me the job.

Soon I'll be moving over ...

karel · Post by **karel** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:49 am

Congrats.
Good it worked out for you, especially in these hard time!

raamv · Post by **raamv** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:09 pm

DaviThomas wrote:Well, with a little bit of patience I have found myself a good job in Espoo. I'll be a researcher with Silecs Oy.

Bascially, I hunted and hunted whilst living in England. I found http://www.mol.fi was the best and since I only speak basic finnish I used the keyword searche "english". Managed to get two interviews this way with the latter landing me the job.

Soon I'll be moving over ...

good that you actually came back to report this and share your perseverance here..

and a Smart way to move to Finland...

Now remember, Join an unemployment fund or Union from day 1
Take insurances ( Health, renters ...)
Ask for Housing/renting recommendations from your company ( in case you are not able to get a recommendation for apartment from the company for a temp basis)
Ask company what benefits ( Mobile phone, DSl connections, car, Language training from day 1 etc ) they provide..

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